Acer has announced that they will be launching a tablet called the Acer Iconia Tab A200. The A200 is powered by the NVIDIA 1GHz Tegra 2 processor and it comes with 1GB of RAM. The A200 has a 10.1-inch display, 1280×800 resolution, and is available in multiple colors. You can buy the A200 in Titanium Gray or Metallic Red. It has a 2 megapixel front facing camera. The tablet has the Acer Ring built-in, which is a multitasking manager that has shortcuts to Google Maps, screenshot functions, and other applications. Acer started shipping the A200 to certain countries in November and the Ice Cream Sandwich version will be available worldwide in January. No word yet on pricing or availability yet. Press release is below:

The Acer Allegro smartphone powered by Windows Phone is now available in France and Taiwan. Just a a refresher, the Acer Allegro has a 3.6-inch WVGA (800×480) display, 1GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 CPU, 8GB internal storage, 5 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and a 1,300 mAh battery with 9 hours of talk time. The device is selling in France for €285 ($380). Customer in Taiwan will be able to buy it from the Synnex store on November 30th. [Engadget]

Intellectual Ventures is suing a group of companies for patent infringement. Companies being sued include Acer, Adata Technology, Asustek Computer, Best Buy, Dell, Elpida Memory, Hewlett Packard, Hynix Semiconductor, Kingston Technology, Logitech International, Pantech and Wal-Mart. According to TechCrunch, the patents deal with memory technology and methods.

Acer Incorporated (TPE:2353) has cut their 2011 shipment target for tablets by about 60%. They are also expected to lower notebook shipments. Acer missed their last 3 quarterly forecasts and recently they saw their former CEO Gianfranco Lanci step down in March.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has confirmed that the Chrome operating system based Chromebook laptops powered by Acer and Samsung will be launching on June 15th. To get your hands on the Chromebook as a student, it costs $20 per month. Enterprise Chromebooks costs $28 per month. If you add $3 per month to each of those numbers, it will be 3G-equipped. Here’s the catch: consumers can buy these deals a la carte, but bigger organizations need to sign a 3-year deal and commit to 10 Chromebooks. [Engadget]

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is now available for purchase at Best Buy for $450. The Iconia is powered by the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system. Other specs of the Iconia Tab A500 include a 10.1-inch screen 1280×800 TFT WXGA screen, NVIDIA Tegra 250 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, and 16GB of flash storage. Capacity can be increased to about 32GB through a microSD card. The Iconia Tab A500 also has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera for video chatting. There is WiFi, Bluetooth, a USB 2.0 port, and 10 hour battery life. [Mashable]

Acer has named Jim Wong as the head of the Touch Business Group and PC Global Operations. After Acer launched a few tablet devices, Acer’s former tablet lead Gianfranco Lanci was ousted. Wong is replacing Gianfranco.

Acer has launched several new laptops, desktops, and tablets at CES. Here is a break down of the specifications of the Aspire 4253, 5253, 5750, AG3600, 5750, 5750G, 7750G, Aspire One 522, Predator AG3600-U4082, beTouch E210, and AS8950G.